Tangents and Vectors

An Idea Borrowed

Years ago on a radio program someone shared that they read a chapter in Proverbs every day. Since there are 31 chapters and the longest month has 31 days it allows you to read through Proverbs on a regular basis. I use it as the launch pad for my personal worship time and branch out from there. On this blog I will try to share some of the insights I have in the Word. I will try to organize them in the archive by reference.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Know the Trick

(Proverbs 27:11 KJV) My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

God wants us to have a “glad” (8055) “heart” (3820). I did a quick search of the two words in the same verse and came up with 47 in the NASB and 36 in the KJV. The most common ways the Hebrew is translated deal with rejoicing. The heart is the inner man.

Believers look at life and face the future with a different attitude than the non-believer. Or at least we should. We should have the gladness that comes from a sense of security and purpose. We should be able to rejoice in the knowledge that we walk a straight path in a crooked world, that we can know truth in the midst of lies. You remember the wooden cubes we used to get around Christmas time that we were supposed to take apart and reassemble. Once you learned the trick it was easy. In a sense, we know the “trick.”

So? It is going to be a rough day. Maybe at this moment it has been a rough day. Rejoice and have a glad heart.

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I prefer the NASB for my study but I will be using the KJV as the text I post. I do this because I do not understand the copyright restrictions. If I ever get a better grasp of the law I may change the text I list. We may be under grace rather than law, but others are not so free. My comments will try to make it clear what the differences are.

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I have been a serious follower of Jesus Christ since my senior year in high school. I am a Vietnam Veteran who came home more patriotic than I left. I am a graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary and an ordained elder although I an not currently serving in a pastoral position. I have what I consider an orthodox faith set in the context of Wesley and Arminius. I share this so you will know where I am coming from as I look at the word.